MCCRACKEN COUNTY, Ky. -- One person is dead and another injured after a motorcycle crashed with a car in McCracken County on Monday afternoon.
The McCracken County Sheriff's Office said the crash happened on May 21 around 2:41 p.m. Authorities responded to the area of Kentucky Dam Road and Eagles Nest Drive for a crash involving a motorcycle and car.
Authorities started investigating and said Gordon Smith, 63 of Kuttawa, Kentucky, was driving a 2007 Harley Davidson motorcycle, going east on Kentucky Dam Road.
At this time, the sheriff's office said a 70-year-old man from Paducah, was driving a 2012 Buick Enclave, which was on Eagles Nest Drive and crossing over Kentucky Dam Road.
The motorcycle then reportedly crashed with the Enclave.
Smith was then taken to a local hospital and was later pronounced dead, the sheriff's office stated in a report.
The 70-year-old man was also taken to a local hospital with injuries.
Assisting the sheriff's office at the scene was the Reidland-Farley Fire Department, Mercy Regional Ambulance, McCracken County DES, McCracken County Coroner’s Office and Harper’s Towing.
"Please keep the Smith family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time," McCracken County Sheriff's Office said.
